JP2001097498A - Adjustment apparatus for money received in oil feeding - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To sufficiently obtain effects in reducing a cost for issuing a recording medium. SOLUTION: The adjustment apparatus 3 for money received in oil feeding comprises a reader-writer 25 for reading and writing monetary value information; a coin inlet 11 for putting in coins; a coin identifying and counting section 27 for identifying and counting the slotted coins; a calculation section 45 for calculating a total sum of the slotted coins; and a control section 45 for processing additional receipt of money wherein a monetary value is added to the monetary value information recorded on a recording medium 50 with the coins slotted into the coin inlet 11, and for making adjustment wherein the value such as a sum corresponding to an amount of fed oil is subtracted from the monetary value information to calculate new information of a residual monetary value. The information is updated and recorded on the recording medium 50, and the residual value is returned to a user. In this case, the control section 45 performs control that the recording medium 50 which has been inserted is returned even if the new information of the residual monetary value is '0'.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refueling remittance settlement device which is installed in a refueling facility such as a gas station and performs reimbursement of a fee based on refueling.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in refueling facilities such as gas stations, with the shift to labor-saving and self-refueling, in order to perform accurate and quick settlement, data such as balance data of prepaid cards, rewrite cards, and the like are collected. A refueling settlement apparatus is used which uses a storage medium such as a magnetic card in which value information is stored, and performs a payment process of a refueling fee using the value information recorded in the storage medium. It has become to.

In these conventional refueling settlement devices, a prepaid car in which a predetermined refuelable amount is recorded.
In many cases, such prepaid cards use the prepaid cards, but when the remaining money runs out, the cards become unusable and illegal information is recorded on the used cards. For the purpose of preventing unauthorized use again, these used cards are collected without being returned.

[0004] The payment method using the prepaid card can perform quick and accurate payment, but since the prepaid card as the recording medium is exhausted, the prepaid card is issued. Because of the high cost, these issuance costs have been a major problem in dissemination.

[0005]

Therefore, as a method of reducing the issuance cost of these recording media, it is possible to increase the balance again by executing additional payment to the balance of the recording medium. A refueling reimbursement settlement device, which is a refueling reimbursement device that allows the same recording medium to be used for a long time, has been studied in many cases. In this case, it is possible to make additional payments to the same recording medium, but if the remaining card becomes "0" and the card, which is the recording medium, is collected as in the prior art, these cards are deleted. It is necessary to reissue, and it is not only impossible to sufficiently obtain the effect of reducing the issuance cost of the recording medium as described above,
There was a problem that it took time and effort to reissue these.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to greatly reduce the trouble of re-issuing a recording medium and obtain a refueling deposit which can sufficiently obtain the effect of reducing the issuance cost of a recording medium. The purpose is to provide a checkout device.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a refueling deposit settlement apparatus of the present invention records at least lubricable value information such as balance data and rewrites the value information. An enabled storage medium is made insertable, a reader / writer for reading and rewriting the value information, a money slot for inserting money, and identification of money to be inserted in connection with the money slot. And a currency discriminating and counting section for performing counting, a calculating section for calculating the total amount of the inserted money, and a value corresponding to the inserted amount by inserting money into the money insertion slot is recorded in the storage medium. Additional payment processing that is added to the valuable value information that has been added, and the value, such as the amount corresponding to the amount of refueling, is reduced from the value information to calculate new residual value information. And a control unit for updating and recording the new remaining value information in the storage medium, and performing a payment process of returning the new value information to the user. Even when the residual value information is “0”, a control for returning the inserted storage medium is performed. According to this feature, even when the new residual value information such as balance data recorded on the recording medium is "0", the recording medium is returned to the user without being collected. As a result, it is possible to make additional payments to the recording medium whose residual value information recorded on these recording media is “0”, and it is possible to greatly reduce the labor for reissuing the recording medium. In addition, the effect of reducing the issue cost of the recording medium can be sufficiently obtained.

[0008] In the refueling deposit settlement apparatus of the present invention, the control unit determines a predetermined value to be added according to a predetermined use condition of the storage medium, and performs control for adding and recording the added value to the storage medium. It is preferred to do so. In this way, the residual value information such as the balance data is “0”.
However, since there is a predetermined value added in accordance with the usage status of these storage media, it is possible to discard the recording media whose residual value information is “0”. Thus, it is possible to suppress the trouble of reissuing the recording medium and an increase in issuance cost due to the discarding of the recording medium.

[0009] In the refueling / payment settlement apparatus of the present invention, it is preferable that the granting of the added value is carried out each time a predetermined value of value is provided for refueling. In this way, a given value, for example, a score (point) is given according to the value of use (use amount).

[0010] In the refueling remittance settlement apparatus of the present invention, the control unit may include a predetermined value usable for refueling provided that a value added value recorded in the storage medium is equal to or larger than a predetermined value. It is preferable that the value of the given size is added to the value information, and that the value added of the predetermined size is subtracted from the value stored in the storage medium. According to this configuration, when the value added reaches a predetermined value, a value of a predetermined size is added to the residual value that can be refueled. And the control unit performs the value adding process based on the magnitude of the added value, so that a special device is not required.

[0011] In the refueling / payment settlement apparatus of the present invention, the storage medium has a print area on its surface which can be rewritten a predetermined number of times, and the print area has at least the new residual value information and the added value. Is preferably printed. In this way, the user can visually check the current remaining value and the magnitude of the added value.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment) FIG. 1 is an external front view showing a fuel supply device of the present embodiment to which the refueling deposit adjustment device of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view showing the refueling deposit adjustment device of the present invention. 3
FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing a configuration of a refueling deposit adjusting device of the present embodiment, FIG. 4 is an external perspective view showing a refueling nozzle portion of the refueling device of the present embodiment, and FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a lubrication apparatus, FIG.6 (a), (b)
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a rewrite card which is a recording medium used in the present embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing points to be given as a value added in the embodiment and cashback processing by the points.

The lubricating apparatus 1 of this embodiment has an appearance as shown in FIG. 1 and has almost the same appearance as a general lubricating apparatus, and mainly includes lubricating pumps 7a, 7b, 7c and a metering pump. Units 8a, 8b, 8c and a plurality of refueling nozzles 4a, 4
b, 4c, etc., and the measuring devices 8a, 8
It comprises an operation section comprising a measurement display section 8 for displaying the amount of oil of each oil type measured by b and 8c, and a refueling deposit adjustment device 3 of the present invention.

The structure of the main body 2 constituting the oil supply device 1 of this embodiment is as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, and each oil type, light oil, high-octane gasoline, regular gasoline (in this embodiment) (Premium is not used in this example)
Are provided and stored in the nozzle holders 6a, 6b, 6c. Each of the fueling nozzles 4a, 4b, 4c is provided with a corresponding one of the nozzle holders 6a, 6b, 4c.
The lock devices 22a to 22c provided to the nozzles a to 6c, which make it impossible to take out the oil supply nozzles 4a to 4c, prevent the oil supply nozzles 4a to 4c from being unnecessarily taken out. Detecting devices 23a-2 which detect presence / absence of each refueling nozzle 4a-4c are provided inside.
3c are provided, and operation lamps 24a to 24c are provided at the upper positions of the nozzle holders 6a to 6c as display units for indicating that the refueling nozzles can be refueled.

The lock devices 22a to 22c are:
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a rod 22 ′ which can be advanced and retracted by an electromagnetic magnet is adapted to engage with a hole of a trigger portion of the refueling nozzle 4. Operation lamps 24a to 24c
Are connected to signal lines for driving the operation lamps 24a-2
It operates in conjunction with 4c so that only a selected predetermined refueling nozzle can be taken out.

The operations of the lock devices 22a to 22c and the oil supply pumps 7a to 7c of the respective oil types are controlled by the oil refilling settlement device 3.

As shown in FIG. 2, the refueling / payment settlement apparatus 3 of the present embodiment has a bill insertion slot 11 in which bills can be inserted into a front panel 9 which can be opened and closed. , A rewrite card 50 as a storage medium in which remaining data, which is residual value information, is rewritably stored.
Card insertion slot 10 capable of issuing or inserting a
And an amount display unit 13 for sequentially displaying the total amount (total amount or tax amount) of the bills inserted from the card issuing slot 10; and oil type selection switches 12a to 12d (however, in this embodiment, a premium of 12d is provided). The unit price display unit 14 for displaying the unit price per liter of the oil type selected in the above (unused), and the amount displayed on the amount display unit 13 (when cash is inserted when the rewrite card is inserted). Is the sum of the balance of the rewrite card and the input amount), the refuelable oil amount display portion 15 for displaying the refuelable oil amount for the selected oil type, and the amount display portion 1.
A display changeover switch 12e for switching the display content of No. 3 between the normal display and the tax amount, and a display changeover switch 12e.
An indicator 4 indicating whether the content currently displayed on the amount display unit 13 is a normal display or a tax amount based on e.
6a, 46b, operated by the user at the start of refueling,
A decision switch 12f is provided, which unlocks the selected oil type nozzle, fixes the inserted bill to the remaining amount of money, and stops accepting subsequent bill insertion.

As shown in FIG. 3, the structure of the refueling / payment settlement apparatus 3 of the present embodiment is provided with a front panel 9 which can be opened and closed at the front of an outer case 16. The panel 9 includes the card issuing slot 10
And the bill insertion slot 11 cover member 1 covering these
1 and the insertion part 20 of the reader / writer 25 and the bill insertion part 21 of the bill identification unit 27 are arranged so as to face these openings.

At a predetermined position on the inner side of the front panel 9, the price display unit 13, the unit price display unit 14, the refuelable oil amount display unit 15, and the oil type selection buttons 12a to 12d are provided.
And a main board 18 on which devices such as a microcomputer (MPU) 45, which is a control unit for controlling the entire refueling device, are mounted. The board is electrically connected to a reader / writer 25, a bill identifying unit 27, and each part of the main body 2 inside the outer case 16 by a connection cable as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 6A, the reader / writer 25 used in the present embodiment is provided with a magnetic card on a rewritable card 50 having a printing section 51 on the surface of which the printing can be repeatedly rewritten a predetermined number of times. A normal rewrite having a magnetic head unit 31 for reading, writing, and updating the balance data, which is valuable information stored in the storage unit, and a print head 30 for erasing and printing the printing unit 51 of the rewrite card 50 Although a card reader / writer is used, a feature of the card storage is that a predetermined number of rewrite cards 50 can be stored on the opposite side of the reader / writer 25 from the insertion section 20 as shown in FIG. And a card supply unit 26 that can supply the stored rewritable card 50 to the reader / writer 25. And which, rewritable card 50 by the conveyor belt 32 from the supply port 35 of the card supply unit 26 is adapted to issue a rewritable card 50 newly supplied to the reader writer 25.

At the lower position of the reader / writer 25, there is provided a defective storage section 28 for storing a defective rewrite card 50 which is determined to be defective in a write inspection performed at the time of writing to or updating the rewrite card 50. ,
The discharge to the defective storage section 28 is performed by closing a transport path of the rewritable card 50 by a shutter (not shown) provided at a predetermined position in a passage leading to the insertion section 20 in the reader / writer 25. The course of the rewrite card 50 is changed to discharge the card.

At a predetermined position on the side wall of the card storage section 34, a remaining amount sensor 36 for detecting the remaining amount of the rewritable card 50 is provided. When the rewrite card 50 is no longer detected, a predetermined signal is output to the MPU 45, and the MPU 45 displays an instruction to replenish the rewrite card 50 to the card storage section 34 on the money amount display section 13 in a predetermined manner. Is performed to notify the user.

The configuration of the refueling deposit adjustment device 3 of this embodiment will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 5. The main board 18 has an oil type selected by the user using the oil type selection buttons 12a to 12d. The microcomputer (MP) serving as the control unit operates appropriately based on the species.
U) an interface 43 for connecting the oil supply pumps 7a to 7c corresponding to the respective oil types to the oil supply pumps 7a to 7c;
a measuring device controller 3 connected to each of measuring devices 8a to 8c arranged at predetermined positions between a to 7c and each refueling hose 5 to sequentially collect measurement values and output them as predetermined data;
9 and the respective refueling nozzles 4a connected to the respective detectors 23a to 23c provided in the respective nozzle holders 6a to 6c.
4c is connected to the detection device driving unit 44 that outputs the presence or absence of the MPU 45 to the MPU 45, and the operation lamps 24a to 24c.
An operation lamp drive unit 42 that controls the lighting of the operation lamps 24a to 24c based on the instruction of the MPU 45, and exchanges of various kinds of data such as the type of oil supplied and the amount of oil or the amount of money input and balance information via the communication cable 41. A payment device such as a cash register (not shown), a communication device 40 for implementing with a POS system or the like, and a storage for storing the total amount data and various data such as a set unit price of each oil type, a refueling amount, and a refueling amount. Unit 38 is mounted and the MPU
Numeral 45 is connected to the weighing display unit 8, and the weighing data output from the weighing device controller 39 is sequentially output to the weighing display unit 8 for display. FIG.
Reference numeral 47 denotes the price display unit 13 and the unit price display unit 1.
4. A display driver that controls each display of the refuelable oil amount display unit 15.

Hereinafter, the operation of the refueling deposit adjustment device 3 and the refueling device 1 of the present embodiment will be described for each use situation.

First, the operation in the case of refueling with cash without using a rewrite card will be described. First, a user inserts the bill insertion unit of the bill discrimination unit 27 exposed to the bill insertion slot 11. The bill is inserted into 21.
These inserted bills, for example, 5,000-yen bills, are authenticated within the bill identifying unit 27, and if they are genuine, a predetermined signal is output to the MPU 45. The MPU 45 sequentially calculates a total amount based on the output, for example, 5,000 yen, and displays the total amount on the amount display unit 13.

At this time, if it is desired to supply only a desired oil amount in accordance with the remaining oil amount of the vehicle, the desired oil type is selected by the oil type selection switches 12a to 12c. The unit price per liter of the selected oil type is displayed on the unit price display unit 14, and the amount of oil that can be refueled (the amount of oil that can be replenished including the consumption tax) based on the input amount is displayed. 15 is displayed, the cash may be inserted so that the display of the refuelable oil amount display section 15 becomes a desired oil amount or more.

After the insertion of these bills, the user inputs the decision switch 14f, so that the MPU 45
A refueling nozzle of the selected oil type, for example, a refueling pump 7b connected to the high octane nozzle 4b is put into an operating state via the interface unit 43 and the refueling nozzle is connected via the operation lamp driving unit 42. Nozzle 4b
The operation lamp 24b provided in association with the operation lamp 24b is turned on to inform the user that the refueling nozzle 4b is in a refuelable state, and the rod 22 in the lock device 22b is linked to the operation lamp operation. Is stored, and the refueling nozzle 4b is unlocked so that the refueling nozzle 4b can be taken out from the nozzle holder 6b, and further rejection of bills and change of oil type are not accepted thereafter. .

Based on the display of the operation lamp 24b,
The user takes out the refueling nozzle 4b from the nozzle holder 6b, pulls a refueling trigger provided on the refueling nozzle to perform refueling in the same manner as before, and returns the refueling nozzle 4b to the nozzle holder 6b when refueling is completed. .

Based on these refueling, the refueling pump 7b
The oil amount data output from the measuring device controller 39 connected to the measuring device 8b connected to the measuring device 8b is sequentially output to the MPU 45 and displayed on the regular display of the measuring display unit 8, and the detection device 23b Is the refueling nozzle 4b
Is stored in the storage unit 38
The MPU 45 calculates the amount of the supplied regular gasoline from the unit price of the regular gasoline stored in the storage unit 38,
This is reduced from the input amount, and a new balance is displayed on the amount display unit 13, and the rewrite card can be identified as shown in FIG. The serial number to be used, today's date, oil type used, unit price of the oil type used, the current usage amount, the consumption tax amount, the total usage amount, and the number of points used are determined by the card supply unit 26 from the rewrite card 50 to the reader / writer
5 for recording and printing, and issued to the user. At this time, all of the input amount will be used for refueling,
If the new balance is "0", the rewrite card is not issued.

At this time, the MPU 45 executes the processing shown in the flow chart of FIG. 7 so that one point is given to the total use amount including the consumption tax of 1000 yen. The score is 10
If points are exceeded, 1000 for every 10 points
The balance of the yen is added to the post-use balance, which is the balance data, and a point corresponding to the added amount is subtracted.

In the present embodiment, as described above, the point at which the addition to the balance available for refueling is performed as the added value is used. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The giving form, the use form of points and the like are optional.

In this embodiment, when these rewrite cards 50 are issued, the MPU 45 makes the rewrite card 50 supplied from the card supply unit 26.
First, "1" is written into and read from all the storage bit areas, and all the read data are "1".
And if the read data contains “0”, the MPU 45 sends the rewrite card 50
Is determined to be defective and discharged to the defective storage unit 28.

Next, the MPU 45 writes "0" again in all the storage bit areas as described above and reads it again. If "1" is present in these read data strings, the MPU 45 Rewrite card 5
0 is determined to be defective and discharged to the defective storage unit 28 in the same manner as described above. If "1" does not exist in the data string, the rewrite card 50 is determined to be non-defective and is provided for the issuance. Has become.

As described above, writing and reading of a predetermined data string at the time of issuance of the rewrite card 50 and judging whether the rewrite card 50 is good or bad is performed by judging whether the rewrite card 50 to be written is good or bad by the number of times of rewriting. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
Of good or bad may be determined by other methods, or these determinations may not be used if unnecessary.

Further, in the present embodiment, these new balances are displayed at the stage when the refueling is completed. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The reduction may be calculated sequentially, and the remaining balance display may be updated and displayed even during refueling.

Next, the operation of the refueling deposit adjustment device 3 of the present embodiment when refueling is performed using these issued rewrite cards 50 will be described below.

First, when the user inserts the rewritten card 50 issued in the above into the card issuance insertion slot 10, the rewrite card 50 outputs various information such as post-use balance data which is residual value information. Is read out and temporarily stored in the storage unit 38, and the used balance of 1000 yen is displayed on the amount display unit 13.
At this time, if the user wants to display the display content in the amount of consumption tax or to display the amount in a normal amount, the user can press the display changeover switch 12e to switch the display appropriately. The display contents currently displayed on the money amount display unit 13 are indicated by the corresponding indicators 46a and 46b being individually lit.

If the user cannot refuel the desired amount of money with the remaining money displayed on the money amount display section 13, the user can use the bill insertion slot 11 to enter a desired money amount, for example, three 1,000 yen bills. By inserting 3,000 yen, the denomination of the inserted bill becomes the bill identifying unit 2
7 and output to the MPU 45, the total amount obtained by adding the input amount to the remaining amount of the amount display section 13 is sequentially displayed, and the amount can be added to the remaining amount of the card.

With these deposits, the amount display section 13 displays 4000 yen, and in this state, the user operates the decision switch when refilling the same oil type as the previous oil type. By operating 12f, the MPU 45 selects the same oil type as the previous one recorded on the rewrite card 50.

As described above, recording the last refueling oil type on the rewrite card 50 as a recording medium can simplify the operation of selecting the oil type as described above if there is no change. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

Further, in the above, additional deposit is performed because the remaining amount is small, but when the remaining amount is sufficient for the refueling amount, refueling is performed without performing these additional deposits. Needless to say, this may be done.

The refueling process subsequent to the operation of the decision switch 12f is the same as the process of inserting the cash. For example, when the user has used the entire remaining amount of 4000 yen for refueling, the amount display is performed. The display of the unit 13 is “0”, but as shown in FIG. 6B, the points, which are the new added value given by these uses, are recorded on the rewrite card 50 and returned. If the amount used for refueling is smaller than the balance, and there is a new balance, the new balance is recorded on the light card 50 as a post-use balance and returned.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, even if the post-use balance as new residual value information is “0”,
By returning the write card 50 as the recording medium without collecting it, the issue cost of the write card 50 can be significantly reduced, and the labor for issuing the write card 50 can be omitted.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and even if there are changes and additions without departing from the gist of the present invention. Needless to say, it is included in the invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, the card supply unit 26 is provided with the remaining amount sensor 36, and when the remaining amount of the rewritable card 50 becomes equal to or less than a predetermined amount, a predetermined signal output from the remaining amount sensor 36 is provided. Based on the MP
The U45 displays a predetermined message on the money amount display unit 13 to notify replenishment of the rewrite card 50. However, the method of such notification is not limited to this, and other notification means, for example, Lighting of a lamp, buzzer, sound, or the like may be used, or these may be used in combination.

In the above embodiment, the rewritable card 50 is used as a storage medium. However, the present invention is not limited to this. May be stored and rewritable, and these storage media are not particularly limited as long as the storage data can be rewritten.

In the above embodiment, the used balance which is the balance data is stored in the rewrite card 50 as the storage medium as value information, but the present invention is not limited to this. These stored data may be data such as points and refuelable oil amount.

In the above-described embodiment, the MPU 45 controls the entire refueling device 1.
The present invention is not limited to this, and a controller for controlling the main body 2 of the refueling device 1 may be provided separately from the refueling deposit adjustment device 3. The refueling / payment settlement device 3 may be provided separately.

Further, the refueling / payment settlement device 3 of this embodiment
In this case, since the fine balance and the like can be stored and issued in a storage medium, there is no need to return coins or prepare change. Therefore, a relatively expensive coin identification and counting unit for performing such change return is used. It is not necessary, and it is preferable that the receivable payment device can be configured at a low cost by using only banknotes that can be inserted, but the present invention is not limited to this. Needless to say, coins can be inserted in addition to the coins.

[0050]

The present invention has the following effects.

(A) According to the first aspect of the present invention, even when new residual value information such as balance data recorded on the recording medium is "0", the recording medium can be stored in the recording medium. Since the returned value is returned to the user without being collected, additional payment can be made again to the recording medium having the residual value information “0” recorded on the recording medium, and thus the recording medium is reissued. Can be greatly saved, and the effect of reducing the issue cost of the recording medium can be sufficiently obtained.

(B) According to the second aspect of the present invention, even if the residual value information such as balance data is "0", the predetermined value assigned according to the use condition of these storage media. The storage value of which the remaining value information becomes “0” can be prevented from being discarded, and the re-issue and increase in issuance cost due to the destruction of the recording medium can be prevented. Can be suppressed.

(C) According to the third aspect of the present invention, a given value, for example, a score (point) is given according to the value of use (use amount).

(D) According to the invention of claim 4, when the given value becomes a predetermined value, a value of a predetermined size is added to the remaining value that can be refueled. As a result, the added value of the added value can be increased, and the value adding process based on the magnitude of the added value is performed by the control unit, so that the added value is performed without requiring a special device. Can be.

(E) According to the invention of claim 5, the user can visually check the current remaining value and the magnitude of the added value.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external front view showing a refueling device to which a refueling deposit adjusting device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view showing a refueling deposit adjusting device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing a configuration of a refueling deposit adjustment device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an external perspective view showing a fueling nozzle portion of the fueling device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a refueling device to which a refueling deposit adjustment device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIGS. 6A and 6B are views showing a rewrite card which is a recording medium used in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a process of giving a point, which is an added value, and a cashback process using the point according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 refueling device 2 main body 3 refueling deposit adjustment device 4a, 4b, 4c refueling nozzle 5 refueling hose 6a, 6b, 6c nozzle holder 7a, 7b, 7c refueling pump 8a, 8b, 8c Measuring device 8 Weighing display unit 9 Front panel 10 Card issue insertion slot 11 Bill insertion slot 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d Oil type selection button 13 Amount display section 14 Unit price display section 15 Refuelable oil amount display section 16 Outer case 17 Cover member 18 Main board 20 Insert section 21 Bill insertion section 22a, 22b, 22c Locking device 22 'Rod 23a, 23b, 23c Detecting device 24a, 24b, 24c Operating lamp 25 Reader / writer 26 Card supply unit 27 Banknote identification unit 28 Defective storage unit 30 Print head 31 Magnetic head 32 Transport belt 34 Card Reservoir 35 Supply port 36 Remaining Quantity sensor 38 Storage unit 39 Meter controller 40 Communication device 41 Communication cable 42 Operation lamp drive unit 43 Interface unit 44 Detector drive unit 45 Microcomputer (MPU; control unit) 47 Display driver 50 Rewrite card (recording medium) 51 Printing unit

Claims (5)

[Claims] At least refillable value information such as balance data is recorded, and a storage medium capable of rewriting and recording the value information can be inserted, and reads and rewrites the value information. A reader / writer, a coin slot for inserting coins, a coin discriminating / counting unit connected to the coin slot for identifying and counting coins inserted, and a calculating unit for calculating a total amount of inserted coins And, by inserting money into the money insertion slot, a value corresponding to the input amount is added to the value information recorded in the storage medium, and corresponds to a refueling amount. Calculate new residual value information by subtracting the value such as the amount from the value information,
And a control unit for updating and recording the new residual value information in the storage medium and returning the value to the user. A refueling / payment settlement apparatus which performs control for returning an inserted storage medium even when the value information is “0”. 2. The control unit according to claim 1, wherein the control unit determines a predetermined value to be added according to a predetermined use condition of the storage medium, and performs control of adding and recording the added value to the storage medium.
Refueling payment settlement device according to the item. 3. The refueling / payment settlement apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the giving of the added value is performed each time a valuable value of a predetermined size is provided for refueling. 4. The control unit according to claim 4, wherein a value of the predetermined value that can be used for refueling is provided on condition that a value of the added value recorded on the storage medium is equal to or more than a predetermined value. The refueling deposit settlement device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the value added to the value information and a process of subtracting and updating the given value of the given value from the given value recorded in a storage medium is performed. 5. The storage medium has a print area on its surface that can be rewritten a predetermined number of times, and at least the new remaining value information and the magnitude of the added value are printed in the print area. The refueling deposit adjustment device according to any one of claims 2 to 4.